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    Translation correct?

    Mein Geburtstag ist am 12. Februar. - My birthday is on the 12th of February.

    Source Language Term

    Mein Geburtstag ist am 12. Februar.

    Correct?

    My birthday is on the 12th of February.

    Comment
    Liebe Lions,
    kann man das auf Englisch so sagen wie im Deutschen?

    My birthday is on the 12th of February. (BE)
    My birthday is on February 12. (AE)

    Vielen Dank für die Hilfe!
    AuthorDemandeuse (735773) 29 Jan 19, 00:35
    Comment
    Yes, you can say or write 'the,' if that's your question.

    the twelfth /12th of February (AE/BE, written or spoken)

    12 February (written BE)
    February 12 (written AE, spoken as "February twelfth")
    #1Authorhm -- us (236141) 29 Jan 19, 05:53
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    Ich habe von amerikanischen Kollegen auch oft Daten z.B. als nine-thirty gesprochen gehört. Das hat mich manchmal irritiert, weil es eher nach 9:30 Uhr klingt als nach dem 30. September ...

    #2Authormbshu (874725) 29 Jan 19, 07:34
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    Ich habe gelernt, dass man das 'the' und das 'of' (bei diesen Datumsangaben) nie schreibt, sondern nur liest.

    #3AuthorBraunbärin (757733) 29 Jan 19, 08:54
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    In AE, we do read dates written with slashes, which is a kind of shorthand, simply as numbers, not as ordinals. 'Nine/thirty' means 9/30 -- which of course would be 30.9. in German. (How would you speak that? Den dreißigsten des neunten?)

    There are countless threads in the forum archive on similar questions, but somehow I never can remember the BE and the German if I haven't actually heard them much in real life. It's funny that this seems to be an area that textbooks and dictionaries don't always cover. Maybe modern language courses like the ones on LEO do.

    Re #3: That's generally true in a full date that includes the year. But the version the original poster asks about, e.g., 'the twelfth /12th of February,' is fine without the year.

    AE: the Fourth of July
    BE: Remember, remember, the Fifth of November ...


    #4Authorhm -- us (236141) 29 Jan 19, 09:13
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    hm--us (How would you speak that? Den dreißigsten des neunten?)

    @hm--us:

    Nein - nur so:

    • den dreißigsten neunten

    oder

    • der dreißigste neunte -


    Beispiel: Geburtstag 30.9.1980

    • Ich habe am dreißigsten neunten Geburtstag.
    • Ich bin am dreißigsten neunten/September neunzehnhundertachtzig geboren.

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    @OP demandeuse,

    deine Frage hätte ich so beantwortet:

    • My birthday is on the 12th of February. (gesprochen)
    • My birthday is on 12(th) February. (geschrieben)
    #5AuthorBraunbärin (757733) 29 Jan 19, 09:24
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    Ich danke euch allen, ganz besonders hm-us für die gut strukturierte Antwort!
    #6AuthorDemandeuse (735773) 29 Jan 19, 18:03
     
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